New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-17
aThs Chair regrets 70 rule the point not well TAKEN
The Chair knows nothing Of any appendix

aThs Chair regrets 10 rule the point not well 'sAen
The Chair knows nothing Of any appendix
HBut there is onel"
less knows moro about the Governors message tnsn
the Chair does who has simply heard it read. Inc
| Chair rules however, that the Governors message
ended at the point where the Governor auxed MS sig
nature If there appendices after that they arc
irrelevant and will not be read nor placed upon INC
| Journal"
The Speakers gaycl and Mr.. Sheehan simultaneously
drop into their places The storm Is over. tn0
barometer rises. The wind becomes tranquil ana ,
Justice Coinstocks appendix on the cnemicai
| of peanuts, together with Mr. Attorhey-"enei
O,Briens opinion upon the cOnstitutonaity Oh sPeci
legislation for Bumve are dropped into 'he cie'A
waste paper basket
THE LEADERS.
A dstinguished citizen of New-York City who has
been in Albany for week so was asked yesterday
what was his Impression of the present Assembly.
consists Of three men, he replied Speaker Hustled,
Mr. Erwin and Mr.. Sheehan." There is GOOD deai Oh
truth In this remark and it oes not imply any aiSe
speot to the other 125 members, either Fifty-sx Oh
them entirely new members Tar greater proper.
ton than usual. 1t is supposed to require OF least
three years service before member attans the dig
nifty of leader and only eight members OF the present
Assembly have enjoyed that experience Inc hepup-
can side of the House is strong. An Albany man VINO
has known twenty successive Assemblies was on sht
floor on Tuesday, and ! asked hin who he thought
were the abest men sent to the Legislature SINCE no
had lived there. He replied I" II you mean aoie as
members of q law making body should put hu S
over them all. II he had lived In kepupn'ah .on,
OCCASIONAL District he would have been Speaker OF inc
Goso at Washington and next to Blaine the best man
Who ever filed tho Chair. He is really wonueriui
presiding officer His mind operates with marVeiio9'
rapidty and accuracy. He never falls into traps ne
| aces motive no matter how ceverly wrapped up Inc
| three ablest Democrats l have known are oeha.o,
Jacobs Tom Fields and Jerry Mcguire. After Husted
the three ablest Republicans are Tom Alvord L'te-
john and Erwin"
What do You think of the present Assembly," .
at is not strong Do you notice how very young IL
IA esnecallv on the Democratic side 1t is ten years
younger than the oldtime Assemblies and hve years
| Younger than any have ever known. That Is one
reason why it easily controlled The Republicans
are far stronger than their adversaries'
This estimate of the situation Will he found 10 DC
| generally accepted. The Republicans have Arnold, OF
Otsego large, blackbearded man, OF
character and sincere convictions General Cur'ls'
whose tremendous figure is type OF bis human SYM
| pathes Kruse, of Cattaraugus, nne young man
with broad principles and q ready, earnest tongue /;
Baker of Steuben, well-intormd alert and magnetic
Gallagher of Ere experienced IN legislation ana ooia
In his methods; Cole, OF Schuyler, handsome ana
Young sharp in speech and sagacions In action ho"e
of Oswego whose unc compromising honor mas oo'aiheo
him Universal respect Hamilton and Crosby OF New
| York who have golden opinions from oil sorts
o, people" Mccarthy. OF OnOndaIn, the worthy son
or a worthy father, who ut the head OF the Ctcs |o
|
pal schemes Platt OF Duchess, skilful and ready
| speaker who hits effectively and well Bacon, OF
| Kings who lacks nothing hut experience. and Erwin,
OF st. Lawrence. the stalwart leader OF the party
whose ability recognized by friend and Toe alike.
| The party IN power is always tar more dihcult 10
handle than a minority, whose main function ia to op-
| ,ose everything Mr.. Erwin employs excellent Judg-
| ment He never NEEDLES in local matters lie main
tains an iuperturbable good humor But when he
fights ne slug. When the Governor vetoed Mr. Platts
aat
ing Mr. Erwin went for the dociie Democrats ike
this: You, of course, will sustain Your Governor
| You can't help it. You've got to do II, no matter
WHIT your convictions may be. Most OF you voted In
favor of this bill That this veto Is an insult 10 Inc
decent senmeut OF the people is quite as apparent 10
the Democratic mind, dull though it may be- as to the
Republican mnd, acute as it always 49, But you VIII
respond meekly to the party lash Inc gentleman
from Erie obedent to the mandate OF his guberna-
toria god will presently crack the lash about your
already sore ankles and you will rush in crowd
whittier be directs You call this opposlt on call 1t
servity. call it
MIR. Sheehan reminded the Chair that the gentle
| mans time had expired
ooh Won don't like to hear incts like these" con-
| timed Mr. Erwin. You tear they may quicken the
| diving embers of independence In some halt FESTIVE
slave Well far be IL from me TO destroy the discI
pne OF your whip Let the lasn crack!' And he sat
down amid roar OF laughter and applause
Mr. Sheehan is by no means weak leader. III II
VI
loses his temper frequently and gets much too ex
cited But te is shrewd and quick a. flash. aud he
has secured almost absolute control over his party
He lacks Frank Rice's dignity and high method. lie
lacks Churchs popularity and magnetlsm. But he
has mauv elements of siren 9Th and his leadership ia
! efrctve He can turn dty OF his ffty-tour votes
in solid body whittier he likes His most useful sup
porters are ex-Judge Greene OF Orange an easy,
pleasant speaker, and Cantor and Ives OF Ncw-fork
These make an active team They are not nfIequentiy
Cb.rla Gnif Of Wy n
Rsitz of BROOKLYN who the conceded BLACK sheep
| of the Republican family. Smith voted against the
Hieh-Lcense bill and then a-tOnshed the representa-
tive OF q Republican paper by blandly desiring INN 10
| denounce him tor it, Give it to me hard" he
nle.ded call me names and fairly wipe up the floor
| with me- I'll get a ID OF the papers and send them
around through my district They'll do Inc an i'm
mense lot OF good"
THE GOVERNORS DILEMMA.
Assemblyman Crosby took his defeat on the High
Ilc,pse bill we'll. OF course was not disappointed,
he SAID. al nightly wish that some OF my Mugwump
friends would just I'd here and take the expert
ence have had. 1t would make them the most ardent
kind of Republicans They would See that theii own
party is the only machine tor political progress and
form to be had They would stop kicking and take
hold They would never again try tho experiment OF
consortng with the Democrats"
| find II to DO tho general feeling here among the
most intelligent men both parties that the Governor
bas made the worst of the possible party bunders
The situation was somewhat Amusing. Nothing could
have been mol innocent than Mr. Crosby's motive.
He had no thou zht OF politics All he wanted was 10
repress gin and crime in New-York. But the insant
that It became evident that the bill likely to pass
and that Hill would be confronted with the two un'
happy dilemmas OF approving or vetOng, the coven
foot began to show ITSELF The buzzng bee in the Gov
ernors bonnet began TO show signs OF ALARM To sgu
was q Llunder. To veto was q bunder The first
would hurt the buzzng bee IN the convention The
second would hurt il at the polls. The question was,
Which would hurt the least
This Friends, Romans and Countrymen. is states
manship! There Is not politician in Albany who sup
poses tor an instant that Hill had any other question
In bis mind In reaching decision on the Crosby bill
than how IL would affect his chances Tor the Presidency